‘Workers need a labor party based on the unions’

SWP launches California campaign for US Senate
Vol. 87/No. 23 - June 12, 2023
Laura Garza, left, SWP candidate for U.S. Senate from California in 2024, at May 26 union rally in Los Angeles. Garza says workers need to break from the Democrats, Republicans.

LOS ANGELES — At a May 26 labor rally here, Laura Garza, a rail worker and member of the SMART-Transportation Division union, and her campaign supporters distributed hundreds of flyers announcing she was running as the Socialist Workers Party candidate…


SWP on ballot in Washington, candidates file in New Jersey

Vol. 87/No. 23 - June 12, 2023
Lea Sherman, center, SWP candidate for New Jersey General Assembly, and Joanne Kuniansky, party’s candidate for State Senate, filed for ballot status in Trenton May 26. From left, campaign supporter Rich Ariza and Osborne Hart, Philadelphia SWP City Council candidate.

Socialist Workers Party campaigners are introducing the party’s candidates and the working-class road forward — on workers’ doorsteps, at strike picket lines, and at protests in defense of workers’ interests, like actions called to oppose Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Through…


Why you should join the SWP campaign

Vol. 87/No. 23 - June 12, 2023

Statement by Seth Galinsky, Socialist Workers Party candidate for New York City Council, May 31. The Socialist Workers Party’s 2024 campaigns are beginning, with Laura Garza announcing her campaign for U.S. Senate in California at a sizable labor rally in…


Join SWP candidates, reach out with the ‘Militant’

Vol. 87/No. 22 - June 5, 2023

Over the coming weeks, members of the Socialist Workers Party, and the Communist Leagues in Australia, Canada and United Kingdom will be building on the successful completion of their spring campaigns that expanded the reach of the Militant by over…


Build support for today’s union struggles

Vol. 87/No. 22 - June 5, 2023

The following statement was issued May 24 by Joanne Kuniansky, Socialist Workers Party candidate for New Jersey State Senate. Around the country Writers Guild members are striking against bosses’ drive to slash wages and residual payments, and worsen working conditions.…


For a labor party based on the unions

Vol. 87/No. 20 - May 22, 2023

The following is a statement by Alyson Kennedy, who was the SWP 2023 candidate for mayor in Fort Worth, Texas. She won 5.2% of the vote. The 2024 presidential election is well on, with Democratic and Republican candidates throwing their…


Join fight for a working-class road forward!

Vol. 87/No. 19 - May 15, 2023

Statement by Seth Galinsky, Socialist Workers Party candidate for New York City Council, May 3.  There are more openings to strengthen our unions today, to join labor and working-class struggles and to build solidarity. Working people need to be prepared…


NJ sanitation workers discuss strike over wages, boss attacks

Vol. 87/No. 12 - March 27, 2023
Joanne Kuniansky, SWP candidate for New Jersey state Senate, talks with striking Camden, New Jersey, sanitation workers, from left, Bill Atkinson, Rhashik Mathes, and Moe, on Teamsters Local 115 picket line March 4. “We need workers control over our jobs,” said Kuniansky.

CAMDEN, N.J. — Joanne Kuniansky, Socialist Workers Party candidate for New Jersey state Senate, along with Chris Hoeppner, SWP candidate for mayor of Philadelphia, and this Militant  reporter, visited the sanitation workers picket line here in solidarity March 4. The…


SWP Chicago mayor candidate: ‘Need to unite the working class’

Vol. 87/No. 9 - March 6, 2023
Sean Streeter, a school counselor, subscribed to the Militant after talking with Ilona Gersh, Socialist Workers Party candidate for mayor of Chicago, Feb. 19 in Woodlawn neighborhood.

CHICAGO — Members and supporters of the Socialist Workers Party have stepped up campaigning for the party’s candidate for mayor, Ilona Gersh. They’re taking the campaign to fellow workers on their doorsteps, at factory gates and at protests called to…


Defend independence of Ukraine!

Vol. 87/No. 8 - February 27, 2023

Statement by Joanne Kuniansky, Socialist Workers Party candidate for New Jersey state Senate, Feb. 15.  A year ago on Feb. 24 Russian President Vladimir Putin launched an all-out invasion of Ukraine, expecting to rapidly conquer Kyiv, the capital, arrest and…